NETGEAR’s software development team at Chennai R&D center
Aimed at harnessing the Indian software expertise, NETGEAR Inc., one of the world’s leading networking products companies, has acquired VAAG Systems, a Chennai-based provider of embedded systems and software solutions, for evolving more of AI and cloud-based intelligent software platforms that would run sophisticated networking gears for today’s SMEs (small and medium enterprises) and large enterprises.
Along with the acquisition, NETGEAR gets the access to the R&D facility of VAAG Systems located at Chennai, which houses an army of well-trained software engineers, who now would contribute on various AI-enabled and cloud-optimized next generation networking solutions.
Sudarsan Vasudevan, CEO, VAAG Systems, has joined NETGEAR as its VP of software to lead the operations of the India team and over the next 12 to 18 months NETGEAR plans to rapidly expand the engineering team in Chennai by more than 100 employees.
These investments in our software capabilities represent a significant opportunity for sustained growth for the whole company.
CJ Prober
CEO
NETGEAR
Our investments in software and AI are designed to help greatly simplify networking, and I’m excited about the talent and expertise of the engineers joining us to help achieve this goal.
Pramod Badjate
President & GM, NETGEAR for Business
NETGEAR
This investment allows NETGEAR to accelerate the in-sourcing of a software development capability and this team will form the foundation of NETGEAR’s new Chennai-based software development facility. This new team brings a wealth of industry expertise with experience from companies such as Qualcomm, HP, Cisco, and MaxLinear and will focus on leveraging AI to simplify networking for the small and medium enterprise.
“These investments in our software capabilities represent a significant opportunity for sustained growth for the whole company.” “We’ve listened to our customers and the hurdles they face in this increasingly complex business environment. We’re making the necessary investments in expertise and technology to solve the needs of today and anticipate those of tomorrow with robust solutions that are intuitive and cost-effective,” said CJ Prober, CEO, NETGEAR.
Pramod Badjate, President & GM, NETGEAR for Business, commented, “NETGEAR is uniquely focused on arming businesses with powerful, integrated networks that just work but without the complexity that comes with solutions usually targeted towards large enterprises.”
“Our investments in software and AI are designed to help greatly simplify networking, and I’m excited about the talent and expertise of the engineers joining us to help achieve this goal,” added Badjate.
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